Kate is an Academy Award winning actress who is best known for her roles in films such as Sense & Sensibility, Titanic, Finding Neverland and The Reader. She can be seen on the big screen this year in her films The Mountain Between Us and Wonder Wheel. Kate is married to Ned RockNRoll and a mother to one daughter and two sons.

The 20th Anniversary of Titanic

On December 19, 1997 the film Titanic was released in theaters. The story of the 1912 sinking of the ship that had been described as unsinkable.

This was a film Kate felt she needed to be apart of. “I closed the script, wept floods of tears and said, ‘Right, I’ve absolutely got to be a part of this. No two ways about it.'”

And not only did Kate have to do this film but she wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as her Jack. “I was thinking, ‘I’m going to persuade him to do this, because I’m not doing it without him, and that’s all there is to it, I will have him.’ Because he is f*ing brilliant. He’s a f*ing genius, and that was absolutely why.” Kate & Leo’s relationship started with Kate flashing him on set their first day … and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Leo shared, “In a lot of ways, Kate and I have really grown up in this industry together; we’ve been a support mechanism for each other for such a long period of time. We’ve been there for each other and helped guide each other.”

The seven month long shoot was rough. Kate shared her memories of filming, “There were moments of despair when I thought, ‘God, this is so tough, and I’m so tired.’ And, yes, the water was cold. But, y’know, I have to say, at the end of the day I wouldn’t have had that water heated. I said to Jim, ‘Please don’t make that tank hot, because then we can’t really know what it would have felt like.’ I’m a bit of a masochist. I never believe I’ve done my job properly unless I go home feeling that I’ve suffered.”

All that hard work must have been worth it because the film earned $1.8 billion worldwide and was awarded eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary AMC theaters are showing the film on the big screen. Go here to find a theater and purchase tickets.

MOOMINVALLEY as the voice of Mrs. Fillyjonk
Moomin is a new adaptation of Tove Jansson's loved body of work. The protagonist of the series is Moomintroll, who is curious, kind, sensitive and idealistic. He is a typical hero in a coming-of-age story: he tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.

WONDER WHEELas Ginny
Four peoples' lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny's rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty's long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment.

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US as Alex Martin
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

The
Golden Hat Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicatedÂ to changing the way people with autism are perceived, by shining a light on their abilities and emphasizing their great potential.

After watching A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism with my daughter, she turned to me and asked, "What if I wasn';t able to tell you I love you, mummy?"

As I thought about what that meant, for a mother not to be able to talk with her own child, I realized that I had to lend my voice to raise awareness of this rapidly increasing disorder. As a mother of two, I thought, how could I not help tell this story of another mother's journey to discover her son; a journey of courage and determination to try to change the world for children with autism.

ArticlesComments Off on Kate Winslet Talks Year of ‘Girl Power’ Backstage After Golden Globes Win

Kate Winslet was the winner of the Golden Globe Award for supporting actress in a motion picture, and no one was more surprised for the “Steve Jobs” actress than herself. Even backstage, she reiterated her shock. “I’m still standing here and I keep thinking this is maybe not happening,” she said. “I honestly, truthfully, did not expect this at all and I’m so delighted, I’m so thrilled.”

Winslet had high praise for her competition in the category. “I think women are doing such great work,” she said. “Look at Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda. These wonderful woman that we’re so fortunate to stand alongside and learn from, still. It’s incredibly exciting to have that array of skill to be inspired by. There’s a real sense of girl power I think, in this year. It’s just incredible to be a part of that.”

Winslet went on to say that she enjoyed the challenge of “Steve Jobs,” which came to her as a 187-page script. “I just knew that this was a woman who was nothing like me,” she said. She added that the woman she was playing, Joanna Hoffman, was very different from her. “She looked nothing like me, was from a world that I know nothing about. I wanted that challenge.”

The actress also regretted that she forgot to thank Hoffman in her speech “because I didn’t think I was going to be making one.” As for her post-Globes plans? “I booked a massage for 9 p.m., which I think I’m going to have to cancel!”

Sure, of course it is. It’s not that I wasn’t expecting this call, but usually there’s a bit more prelude involved. A publicist will call you, sometimes more than once, to confirm you’re ready for the interview before you’re placed on hold – often for upwards of 10 minutes – and the call is finally connected. Sometimes the publicist will stay on the line, coughing surreptitiously when you deviate too far from the approved subject matter – in this case, Winslet’s new film, The Dressmaker.

But there’s none of that today. Winslet is direct and forthright. She dials her own numbers.

More amusingly, she’s calling via Skype, trilling with delight that it’s actually worked. She and technology don’t always get on (ironic for a woman who is about to star in the new Steve Jobs biopic).

“I’m supposed to be making all these calls to Australia and New Zealand and I thought, ‘F***! That’s going to cost me a fortune’,” she exclaims. So Skype it is.

Direct. Forthright. And a touch frugal.

As she is driving to a photo shoot in central London, the call drops out repeatedly as the car passes in and out of data coverage. Yet Winslet remains determined to forge ahead with her cost-saving strategy. By the end of our interview, she has called me no less than six times.

It is strangely – and rather endearingly – normal. Not what you might expect from a celebrity of Winslet’s stature. But then, Winslet doesn’t consider herself a celebrity. In fact, she’s often surprised that people are interested in her at all.

She was papped on Auckland’s Piha Beach during summer, with photos of her in a black one-piece sent around the world. She wasn’t annoyed by the encounter so much as surprised. She had, she says, rather forgotten she was famous.

“It’s funny, because I don’t really live a film star lifestyle. We try very, very hard to be normal.

“When you’re in Piha and I’ve got the baby on my back, I totally forget. I’m always rather shocked, it’s like ‘Oh! We’re in the paper?'”

It would sound disingenuous coming from just about anyone else, but with Winslet you really do feel it’s true.

Or perhaps I’ve just fallen for her charms as she gushes over my “lovely New Zealand accent”.

Articles, Steve JobsComments Off on Kate Winslet joins Michael Fassbender at Q&A for their film Steve Jobs

Kate Winslet presented Michael Fassbender with the International Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival the night before.

And though their movie was released more than two months ago, the two stars got together to discuss Steve Jobs for a SAG Q&A to a crowd of several actors.

The two talented actors attended a screening and panel for their critically-acclaimed drama at the legendary Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday.

Kate and Michael were very open at the event as they touched on several topics including the process working on the Steve Jobs biopic, their process when working on an accent for a role and overcoming nervousness when filming a scene.

The talented 38-year-old German-Irish actor insisted that young thespians should not feel the need to get something right all the time or be afraid to fail.
Fassbender elaborated: ‘The first take is my favourite take because you have nothing to lose in that take and nobody knows what’s going to happen.’

The 40-year-old Academy Award winning actress Winslet also talked about the nervousness that comes along with filming a scene for the first time.
She said: ‘On take one everyone feels just a little bit sick and sometimes, you know, it’s nice to see what’s in the vomit.’

As they both play Americans in Steve Jobs, one audience member queried the actors how difficult it is to lose their Irish and British accents.

Winslet said that it is not an easy task for her as she said: ‘I actually don’t find accents easy, I have to really work hard on them. And you really have to work on them at the time and it isn’t something that you can kind of invent.’

She went on to explain that Fassbender would listen to Jobs on his iPod as she would do the same with her character Joanna Hoffman, who is Jobs’ confidante and Apple marketing executive, to listen to the rhythm of her voice, sounds she would make and constant practice at times with a dialect coach.

As the Titanic actress spoked plenty about the painstaking work that goes into a role, she left the audience of aspiring actors with a very positive message as she said: ‘Acting is the most incredible job in the world to do and don’t let anyone knock you.

‘Just keep going because it’s worth it, really worth it. I just do have to say that. I love it. I’ve been doing it since I was nine-years-old and it’s just fantastic. So you’ve chosen the right path for sure.’

Winslet looked chic in a sleeveless black top with matching trousers as she wore her blonde locks down in a middle-part as she had natural, complimentary make-up on her face.
Fassbender looked handsome in a black blazer with a light blue button-down and brown trousers.

The previous night the two stars were much more dressed to the nines as Winslet presented Fassbender with the film festival’s International Star Award for his performance as the late Apple founder.

Kate did an interview with CBS where she talked about her role in “Steve Jobs”, the gender wage gap, and more!

Kate Winslet sailed to an Oscar nomination for her performance in the blockbuster “Titanic” — and there’s Oscar buzz again this year for her role in the movie, “Steve Jobs.” Jim Axelrod has some Questions and Answers:

As the fearless aide to Steve Jobs, Joanna Hoffman was a lot of things: a high-powered executive, a marketing genius, and — as played by Kate Winslet — the moral center of the movie, “Steve Jobs.” She tells her boss, the visionary behind Apple, “What you make isn’t supposed to be the best part of you. When you’re a father, that’s what’s supposed to be the best part of you.”

However, one thing the real-life Joanna Hoffman, a no-nonsense, Polish-Armenian immigrant, would not be confused for is a glamorous movie star like Winslet. “Why would they think of me, because Joanna Hoffman looks nothing like me?” Winslet said.

But when the actress heard about this role, she just had to have it.

“You wanted this badly,” Axelrod said.

“That’s allowed­­? Isn’t that allowed?” Winslet replied.
So she took a selfie (left), and sent it to the film’s producer.

“Joanna didn’t really wear any makeup, and I put on this short, dark­-haired wig and a pair of glasses. And I took one photo, and I just sent it by email to Scott Rudin. No message.”

After six Academy Award nominations, an iconic star turn in “Titanic,” and an Oscar win for “The Reader,” Winslet could expect to get any part she wants. But getting Joanna Hoffman was one thing; playing her, ­­ quite another.

“That accent,” she said. “There are lots of accents I really can’t do. I do a useless Scottish. My Irish is all over the map.”

“But Polish-­Armenian you nailed?” Axelrod laughed.

“You know­­, give a girl a challenge!

“I was baffled by it. And I remember I called the real Joanna, and to hear her actually speak, it is different than the way I ended up doing it in the film, for the simple reason that her pitch is much higher than mine. I remember speaking to her for the first time, and I said, ‘Hello, Joanna. This is Kate Winslet.’ ‘Hello. How are you? I’m so happy to hear from you. Well, this is just so exciting!’ I thought, Oh my God, there is no­­ — I can’t do that. I can’t sustain that for two hours of a movie, you know?”

Kate Winslet’s been relying on her acting instincts for 25 years, starting on TV, in a British show called “Dark Season.” She was a chunky 15-­year-old, and even being on TV did not insulate her from the slings and arrows of schoolyard bullies.

“I was teased for how I looked,” she said, “because I was quite stocky as a child, and was very much teased for that.”

Now 40, and one of her generation’s brightest stars, the pain is still fuel.

“I know that those nasty bullies are still out there,” she said, “and there I am, with a big gold statue in my hand. I mean, that’s a pretty great fist-­pumping moment! That’s a lovely message to say to those bullies, you know, ‘Where are they? Where are they?'”

“It’s not just a fist-pumping moment; it’s a little bit of a middle-finger moment,” said Axelrod.

“Well­­, let’s not get aggressive,” replied Winslet.

But even when you’re the face of Lancôme cosmetics, there’s not enough make­up to cover the scars of teen­aged teasing. She speaks loudly and clearly about body image, often insisting that her image not be retouched.

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